forwound

Meaning

Verb

• To wound or injure severely.

Origin

• From Middle English forwounden, forwunden, from Old English forwundian ("to wound"), from Proto-Germanic *frawundōną ("to wound, injure"), equivalent to for- + wound. Cognate with Middle Low German vorwunden ("to forwound"), Dutch verwonden ("to injure, hurt, wound, gore"), German verwunden ("to wound, injure"). More at for-, wound.